Re: Swedish Cameo tiara....is it possible... Archived Message
Posted by Schermsd on December 15, 2011, 9:31 pm, in reply to "Swedish Cameo tiara....is it possible..."
I don't think there is that much difference. It looks like from the painting that the pearls stood by themselves. I mean that at some point the tiara was re-inforced with metal around the pearls in the motifs. --Previous Message-- : As I was watching for the 4th time the lovely : documentary about Royal Jewels..something : jumped at me when I saw larger portrait of : Queen Josephine in the Cameo tiara...As : detailed as that portrait is, from cameos to : the amount of pearls shows, it is : intricately detailed portrait...and as much : as I do not like to have discussion of jewls : based on portraits, we can safely compare : this portrait to Cameo tiara that exists : today. : : So, here is what I found.. : : The elements between cameos have the most : discrepancies I found...the top element in : between cameos is surrounded with pearls (as : arches) in Queen Josephine's portrait, but : in today's version of the tiara, we only see : gold arches. : : as we look down the same side part of the : tiara, clearly one leaf with pearls is : missing in the painting on each side. : : and on the bottom, we are missing pearls on : each side, between two petals...(in the : painting) : : Even the elements right under the tiara : don't look exact...and assuming that painter : didn't follow the exact shape of 7 spray : elements, he repeated on the painting the : same design under each cameo, which give me : a hint that that was in fact the way the : element was designed. : : Now my question is, if in fact tiara was : modified, which I am sure it had to be at : some point, what what the reasoning in : changing pearls with gold elements or : removing some and adding just few? OR is it : possible that the FRAME of the tiara was : redesigned and the same Cameos were attached : to the new one? : : I hope I am not opening pandora's box...but : there just too many details in this tiara : that doesn't add up. Curious to hear what : other think : : : : :
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